I have to respect those who write novels

[Boxlicker101]

I have to respect them because I am trying to write a smutty novel and I have been at it for over a year now. I expect to have about 60,000 words and I have about 30,000 so far. I don't know how some members of this forum can write a 50,000 word piece during just the month of November.

 

[lewdandlicentious]

I have to respect them because I am trying to write a smutty novel and I have been at it for over a year now. I expect to have about 60,000 words and I have about 30,000 so far. I don't know how some members of this forum can write a 50,000 word piece during just the month of November.

They have NOTHING else to do!!!!

 

[Liar]

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They have NOTHING else to do!!!!

As if. I had busloads of things to do, but I'm dumb as a brick, so I tried to write a novel on top of that anyway.

 

[Guest]

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They have NOTHING else to do!!!!

You cheeky Twat!!!

 

[Liar]

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You cheeky Twat!!!

...and what she said.

 

[lewdandlicentious]

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They have NOTHING else to do!!!!

AND, most of them CHEAT!!!!!!

 

[steve w]

I try never to disagree with Lou when she uses any sentence with the magic word "twat".....

I've noticed that lots of great writers on Lit seem to be intimidated by the length of a novel. I'm no great writer, but I've managed to put together four novels in my time. In essence, a novel is no longer than about a dozen short stories. If you can get past the mental image of a novel as a huge undertaking, it's no more difficult than writing short pieces - often easier, since you don't need to condense everything.

I find it's easier to simply write something every day. Even two hundred words a day (much less than a page) is a novel in 12 months. And it's easier to change something that's crap, than it is to create in the first place.

Stick with it Box, it's a great feeling when you finish!

 

[Guest]

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AND, most of them CHEAT!!!!!!

You, you, you...



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[lewdandlicentious]

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You, you, you...



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Did that "Sting" dear???

 

[Guest]

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Did that "Sting" dear???

You

 

[Boxlicker101]

I try never to disagree with Lou when she uses any sentence with the magic word "twat".....

I've noticed that lots of great writers on Lit seem to be intimidated by the length of a novel. I'm no great writer, but I've managed to put together four novels in my time. In essence, a novel is no longer than about a dozen short stories. If you can get past the mental image of a novel as a huge undertaking, it's no more difficult than writing short pieces - often easier, since you don't need to condense everything.

I find it's easier to simply write something every day. Even two hundred words a day (much less than a page) is a novel in 12 months. And it's easier to change something that's crap, than it is to create in the first place.

Stick with it Box, it's a great feeling when you finish!

Thanks, Steve. I intend to keep plugging away. I work on it off and on but I have about twenty other stories in various stages of completion and I work on them too. Since they all have the same story line, they can cross-polinate each other.

Actually, I ran into a bottleneck when I couldn't do much for about five month, starting in August. It wasn't writers' block, it was a lack of time and privacy to sit and write because my wife and I were busy selling one house, moving, buying another house and moving again. Now that we have moved into the new house, I can write again. I expect to finish the novel before the end of the year.

 

[KarenAM]

Thanks, Box. I think the key to novels is the same as any writing: persistence.

Time, too. I've been working on this next novel for almost a year and a half, and it's about 90,000 words. It's also taken all my time away from writing shorter stuff.

But keep at it. Finishing a big project can being you a lot of satisfaction.